1. Who is this character, how old are they, what is their personality like?Name: Isaac FolckAge: 16Personality: Very strange. There's a peculiar nature to him. Nobody who he's met can quite place it. He's quiet, unless somebody says something that he can relate to, or makes a remark about a topic he knows about, in which case he won't shut up. Even if nobody cares he just keeps going on and on. He's quite fond of weaponry, and wants to be an armory for a police/military force when he's out of high school.

2. Where/how does this character meet the protagonist?Isaac meets the protagonist via the internet.

3. What is the character's main Shinki and what is her's/are their name(s) (May be more than 1)Isaac's main character is Charlene, an Asuka platform Shinki.

4. Does this character have other Shinki? If so, what are their names?Nope.

5. What is/are the Shinki's personalities and how do they feel toward their owner?

Charlene feels almost as an equal to Isaac, and doesn't even call him master, but by his name. Charlene takes an interest in weaponry, much like Isaac, and takes great pride in maintaining her weapons. She sees Isaac less like a father, as new Shinki do, and more like a brother or a close friend, due to being a Shinki bought secondhand. She sees her first master as her "father" of sorts.

6. What is the main Shinki history with their owner? Feel free to add the other Shinki should they have a significant history with their master.

Charlene has been with Isaac for about a year.

7. How long has this character played BR?

About as long as he's had Charlene. At first, he was reluctant to let Charlene fight due to it being dangerous and to him being quite a pacifist, but as he saw how much she wanted to do it, he let her go on, and now roots for her proudly.

8. How does the character feel about their Shinki?

About the same way Charlene feels about Isaac. As a close friend/sister.

9. How loyal are the Shinki to that character?

Very much so. Almost nationalistic. If you insult Isaac, you insult Charlene.

What is the Shinki's personalities and how do they feel toward their owner?Kouru is quiet and shy but overall friendly, she tries to help as much as she can but is limited due to the damage done to her, she's a storybook romantic who loves romance novels, she doesn't mind modeling for May but she'll only wear conservative clothing in order to hide her scars. She willingly lets Frank use her weapons on his other Shinki in battle Rondo as thanks for sparing her life. She has a high sense of honor. She later develops a crush on Rose (May's Marienda). She's a lot like May, despite her damaged legs and torso, her hands are quite skilled and she often helps May with tiny details in Shinki clothing that would be impossible for a human to craft.

How does the character feel about their Shinki?Frank at first found her useless but he realized she had a lot to live for despite her condition so he spared her, being useless in battle he gave her to May while keeping her weapons as a thank you gift. After Aquiring her Frank slowly begins to see Shinki as more than toys and this also begins his grudge against anyone who would mistreat their Shinki.

May loves Kouru and is overjoyed that Frank kept her. She sees a lot of herself in Kouru's condition and personality. She does her best to help Kouru and even made a special stand that helps Kouru stand when she models clothing for May.

How loyal are the Shinki to their owner?Kouru would do anything she could for Frank and May, she feels she owes them a life-debt.

What is the Shinki history with their owner? Kouru was found by Frank in a dumpster one day badly damaged. Kouru was so badly damaged she didn't remember who her former owner was. Feeling a bit sorry for her Frank wanted to put her out of her misery but she begged him to let her live. Frank then decided to take Kouru to May. During this time Kouru offered to let Frank use her weapons in Battle Rondo since she herself was unable to fight.

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1. Who is this character, how old are they, what is their personality like?

2. Where/how does this character meet the protagonist?

3. What is the character's main Shinki and what is her's/are their name(s) (May be more than 1)

4. Does this character have other Shinki? If so, what are their names?

5. What is/are the Shinki's personalities and how do they feel toward their owner?

6. What is the main Shinki history with their owner? Feel free to add the other Shinki should they have a significant history with their master.

7. How long has this character played BR?

8. How does the character feel about their Shinki?

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Spyro
1. His age is 16, his personalities are singing, but also likes gaming and surfing the Web.

2. He met the protagonist when he first visits Oniwana. His kind smile and passionate heart told the protagonist that he is willing to stay and train.

3. He has 2 Shinkis that he will ever use. A MMS Black that he calls Dark Mk.2 Skeith and a MMS White that he calls Light Mk.2 Magus.

4. He has no other Shinkis or MMS's. Light and Dark are all he needs.

5. Light represents Spyro's kindness and generosity. Dark represents Spyro's inner rock spirit and carefree attitude. They feel that their master have paired them up for a number of reasons, but never explains them.

6. Their history was left a mystery, even to their master.

7. Spyro started playing BS ever since he came to Oniwana, and has endlessly trained both Light and Dark to work in unison.

8. Spyro feels that his Shinkis will hopefully settle their differences and hopefully get to know others along the way.

9. Light and Dark are both loyal and trustworthy to Spyro till the end of time.

1. Shiro Kusanagi (real name: Tom Gifford) is a 28 year old otaku, who originally hails from San Francisco, California, USA. Shiro has a bit of a...slightly traumatic past, having endured verbal and emotional abuse at the hands of his adopted mother since he was 13. After discovering Busou Shinki when he was 22, Shiro began planning to move to Japan to escape her and immerse himself in the world of Shinki.

Despite appearing to be a very outgoing, cheerful person online, Shiro is actually somewhat of a shy, reclusive individual, rarely opening up to anyone unless he feels he can trust them. Shiro hopes to build a group of friends in Japan amongst BR players.

2. Shiro happens to bump into the Protagonist at a Shinki shop, and exchanges contact info, anxious to learn about other BR players.

3. Shiro has three main Shinki, both of whom are very close to his heart.

The first Shinki he ever purchased was an Ianeira model, whom he named Neira for short (though she herself sometimes romanizes it as "Nayla" or "Neyla"). After activating her and witnessing her motherly personality, he immediately became very attached to her.

Being a major Gradius fan, Shiro made it a point to purchase the twin Vic Viper types, Vervietta and Lilleviette. His Vervietta is named Stephanie (after the heroine of the Salamanderanime OVA). In battle she goes by the code name "Victoria Viper", or "VV" for short. She is almost NEVER seen without her four Options flanking her at all times.

His Lilleviette unit is named Lilie, and in battle, she goes by the code name "Lord British" (a reference to the red fighter jet from Salamander of the same name!). Lilie favors the Ripple Laser in battle when in fighter jet mode.

4. Shiro has at least two other known Shinki, an Arnval Mk.2 and a Strarf Mk.2.

His Arnval Mk.2 is named Kaguya, and goes by the codename "Moon Angel" in battle. Her history is rather similar to that of Kaguya from the "Busou Shinki" anime (being directly inspired by her, minus the Tempesta outbursts).

His Strarf Mk.2 is nicknamed Yuki (yes, a reference to Yuki Nagato from "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"). She has yet to receive her battle code name.

5. All of Shiro's Shinki love him dearly and support him like a surrogate family, but each of them loves him in more ways than one.

Neyla's personality is much like that of many other Ianeira: Kind, motherly and nurturing. However, after witnessing her Master being emotionally and verbally abused by his mother, Neyla took it upon herself to actually step into the role of Shiro's mother figure, and she loves him deeply with all her heart.

Being completely devoted to Shiro, Neyla always puts his well-being above everything else, even staying at his side 24/7 whenever he becomes sick. Deep down, she wishes she could have a real flesh-and-blood body, so she could give Shiro the tender loving care he truly needs and deserves. She often fantasizes about holding him in her arms, and may be starting to harbor sexual desires for him.

Stephanie is somewhat of a shy wallflower. She is easily embarrassed by thoughts of romance or sex (which she has near-CONSTANTLY about her Master), and like Neyla, desires to be her Master's lover deep down. Steph also possesses a natural talent for shoot-'em-ups, and regularly comes close to besting her Master's many high scores at Gradius, R-TYPE, and Tyrian.

Lilie can be somewhat hotheaded at times, but when it comes to her Master, she is absolutely nuts about him. Like Stephanie, she also enjoys playing shoot-'em-ups with her Master on his Wii, XBOX 360 and PS3, though she is somewhat less skilled than Steph is.

Kaguya possesses an "I-will-do-my-best", go-getter attitude typical of many Arnval units. She is somewhat of a computer geek, often reading up on old computers or operating systems. She is probably the only Shinki in the world who is well-versed in operating MS-DOS from the command prompt.

Yuki, much like her namesake, can be somewhat emotionless and distant at times, but deep down she harbors strong feelings for her Master, and is willing to do anything to see him happy. She is also somewhat of a bookworm, spending frequent time reading e-books on his iPad 2. Among her favorite works are "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown.

The five Shinki sometimes butt heads over who deserves to be Shiro's girlfriend the most, but Neyla almost always wins in the end.

6. Shiro purchased Neyla at a small model shop in San Francisco's Japantown (which explains Neyla's distinctly Californian accent and fluency in English). Shiro had long desired an Ianeira unit for himself ever since he learned of its motherly personality. He took her home to his room and activated her the same night he bought her. While getting to know his new Shinki, Shiro's mom barged into the room. After seeing that he spent his saved-up money on "a childish doll", she immediately began to berate him for wasting his money. The tirade lasted for about ten minutes, and by its end, Shiro broke down in tears as his mom left the room.

Neyla, having seen and heard the whole thing, immediately leapt off of her cradle and comforted her new Master as best she could. After he calmed down, they both made a vow to each other: That somehow, some way, Neyla would help Shiro get out of his childhood home, and they would find a place where he would be safe from abuse. Sadly, time and circumstances conspired against them for nearly four years, as Shiro continued to suffer more and more. Eventually, Neyla took matters into her own tiny hands. Having learned how to operate his laptop by watching him closely, she accessed his email, and sent a message in his name to a friend of his in Japan (a former foreign exchange student of his named Takuya). After corresponding for nearly a week, she managed to arrange for him to stay at Takuya's house in Tokyo for as long as needed.

7. Shiro has played BR from the day it first debuted...up until Konami decided to shaft the American players. After that, he flew to stay with Takuya in Japan just to keep playing.

8. Shiro loves his Shinki dearly, thinking of them as family members. In particular, he views Neyla as a surrogate mother figure, after his mother callously abandoned him to walk the streets of the world. Though Shiro himself won't admit it, he is in fact deeply in love with Neyla, and views her as a potential girlfriend.

9. All of his Shinki are absolutely loyal to him, and as stated above, all five are head-over-heels in love (and lust) with him. They make a potent team, and have the potential to become one of the best BR teams in the world.

Tidbits
Shiro is known to be a major fan of the shoot-'em-up series Gradius, and is even making special models of the Vic Viper and Lord British for Steph and Lilie that actually fly, allowing them to actually become fighter pilots themselves.

Shiro has the rather unique ability to fall asleep practically ANYWHERE, and in practically ANY POSITION, even standing up!

Due to his shut-in lifestyle growing up, Shiro has never had a girlfriend. He secretly wishes that Neyla would become a real girl, and become his girlfriend... In fact, he's currently researching ways to make this happen. (I'd love to see a scene where Neyla does become human. ^^)

1. Hailing from the United States, Grant Klinkin works as an intern at the Nagaoka University of Design as part of earning a Master's degree in Computer Engineering. He's relatively average, as far as engineering students go, tending towards cynical and sarcastic at times, but generally polite to those he's not close to. His politeness comes in two moods; a neutral, respectful politeness towards anyone who actually knows what they're doing, and a rather cold, abrupt politeness towards those who don't, worded in such a way as to imply that they should know better but lacking a direct insult. This latter form can be rather off-putting, and Klinkin, as just about everyone knows him as, wouldn't have it any other way; he'd rather not deal with those sorts.

While he's not particularly good with people, like most engineering students, Grant has a natural aptitude with computers, machinery, and robotics. While he can't rattle off pi to ten thousand places, he can recite the Shinki boot code word-for-word, or tell you the modulus of elasticity of most of the several dozen materials that go into Shinki construction. Most of the time, you'll see him hunched over a screen, either typing code, tweaking a 3D model, or otherwise working on some project or another. He has a reputation for working efficiently, but tends to use the occasional unconventional solution to certain problems, forcing others to go to his lengthy documentation from time to time. He has been known to work on Shinkis, and has personally helped fix many friend's and coworker's companions.

"Klinkin" is pretty much the same online as he is in real life, which sharply contrasts the more relaxed personalities generally seen on the internet. While not a "grammar Nazi," as the old term would have it, he does strive for readability in his posts, and comes off more well-written in the areas of the internet where such care for proper punctuation and grammar is more often neglected.

2. Grant occasionally has the displeasure of helping teachers teach classes at Nagaoka University of Design, and is also called upon to tutor students. He also contributed two tutorials for the college's "Computers for Dummies" equivalent, "Free, Open, and Better" and "Five Things You Didn't Know are Hurting You." Tsuyoshi Katagiri is just one of the student's he's gotten to know from these occasional interactions.

3-9. Klinkin's first Shinki was a standard Magic Market student helper model; mild, meek, and eternally helpful. MM-52-G, or TwoGee, was Grant's helper and companion for the two years her chassis held out, but the MM-52 series wasn't designed with longevity in mind. At the end of her life, Grant got the help of a few professors and stored all of her aggregate data, her memories and personality, and transferred them to the newest top-of-the-line Busou Shinki model from Magic Market, the MM-08-SR Siren, and TwoGee was reborn as Haliæ.

Haliæ is probably the calmest Siren most people will ever see; two years of being a student companion and non-combatant right from the get-go mellowed her significantly. However, she's also one of the smartest Shinkis around; air-to-underwater combat is one of the most complex combat environments, and requires huge amounts of computing power to pull off. Haliæ's processor is top-of-the-line, and an optional expanded solid-state NVM drive allows her to store all sorts of facts, trivia, and, most importantly, five years of memories. Despite that, though, the instincts of a Busou Shinki still reside within her, and it was only a short time before Grant and Haliæ made their debut into Battle Rondo.

In the arena, Haliæ's fighting style mirrors the personality of both her and Grant; she's very efficient, but also ruthless; accurate, unerring, and, after three years of frequent battles, possesses both technical skill and experience beyond most opponents. That said, the MM08SR series is, while by no means fragile, lacking in some of the more in-depth damage diagnostic systems that a Devil-type would have, and rather reliant on proper aerodynamics to fly, giving Haliæ a somewhat low tolerance for damage. She can fight at almost any range, but favors long-range combat with her customized burst-fire Boreas rifle, which trades the stopping power of the double-barrel hit with the greater reliability of a three-shot alternate-barrel burst. While capable at close-range, Haliæ can be overwhelmed in an extended melee-range brawl, and favors hit-and-run tactics at that range. She and Grant have had to develop special tactics to deal with the ever-growing community of "baby-punchers," and the most successful is forming a Tension form without the Zephyrus claws, allowing Haliæ to mount a pincer attack and pin down the faster Busou Shinki.

Haliæ and Grant are very close due to their shared history. She can often be seen perched on her armor's Tension form, named Cephalus, which in turn is found imitating a pirate's parrot on Grant's shoulder. After five years together, Grant and Haliæ can almost read each other's minds, and when working together on a project, can be heard conversing in bilingual sentence fragments that leave bystanders befuddled.

Tidbits:

Grant's Japanese is rather stilted, due to his occasional difficulty with pronunciation, but he knows more about Japanese culture and customs than most foreigners, the result of being a Nihonophile from an early age.

Haliæ recently acquired an advanced sensor crest, previously only available in the limited-edition red release of the MM08SR line. Grant and Haliæ are working on some home-built Shinki components for her, including a tail for additional stability and an AWACS dome for team ops. However, neither are yet at a stage where they can be presented to the Battle Rondo staff for possible inclusion, and probably will be deemed unpermissible in most formats.